Aviation Headset Mount Assembly for Wire-Safe Panel Retention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing aircraft headset clips cause damage to headset wires due to stress and breakage, leading to increased costs and reduced longevity.

Innovation Solution

A unitary aviation headset mount assembly with cantilevered sidewalls and an arcuate hook member that securely retains the headset, featuring a retention channel and flange members to protect the headset from damage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a traditional clip is used to hang the headset on the instrument panel, then the headset can be retained, but the wires of the headset stress and eventually tear, chip, or break

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveheadset wire longevityVSAvoidheadset retention

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The mount assembly is divided into distinct functional segments: a retention channel for the headband, an aperture for the wire to pass through, and a retaining flange to secure the wire. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally without causing stress to the wire.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mount assembly acts as an intermediary between the instrument panel and the headset. It provides a dedicated wire passage and retention mechanism that protects the wire from direct stress, while still securely holding the headset in place.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of manufacture

If a simple clip design is used, then the device complexity is low, but it causes damage to the headset wires leading to increased costs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemount assembly simplicityVSAvoidheadset wire durability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The retention channel, aperture, and retaining flange are merged into a single integrated mount assembly that attaches to the instrument panel as one unit. This combining of functions into a single component achieves wire protection without requiring multiple separate parts, maintaining ease of manufacture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If the wire is allowed to hang freely, then there is no stress on the wire, but the headset cannot be securely retained on the instrument panel

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveheadset retention securityVSAvoidwire stress and breakage

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The mount assembly provides localized support at critical points: the retention channel secures the headband at the top, while the retaining flange secures the wire at the passage point. This localized quality ensures secure retention without applying stress along the entire length of the wire.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20260049689A1Aviation headset mount assembly

Publication Date: 2026.02.19 GREYMAN MOUNTS LLC

AI summary

An aviation headset mount assembly that includes a unitary body with an upper end, a lower end opposing the upper end of the unitary body, a body length separating the upper and lower ends, rear surface configured to directly couple with an internal structure of an aircraft, a rear wall, and two cantilevered sidewalls each extending from the rear wall, terminating at an end sidewall surface displaced at least 1 in. from the rear wall to define a retention channel spanning from the upper end and toward the lower end, and having an arcuate shaped hook member extending outwardly from respective the end sidewall surface and defining an opening between the arcuate-shaped hook member and the respective end sidewall surface, thereby configured to retain both an electronic control module an headband of the aviation headset.